Round 2 - Theme: My Little Pony

All members of BTVA are welcome to submit a performance for voice acting practice or just for fun! See below for details.

THE RESULTS ARE IN!

Here's Round 2 Finalists. We're taking you from the intense fighting world to the bubbly and lighthearted world of My Little Pony! Originally popular with a female audience, this franchise has found new life and fans (both female and male) in the recent My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic animated series.

Finalists. Your mission again is to select one character below and perform the lines provided. Though you may be asking why the male character Spike appears in both the male and female choices? Well, for the simply fact that over the years, Spike has been voiced by both male AND female voice actors. And the fact that many female auditions had raspy boy voices should give us some pretty diverse performances.

The CHALLENGE however is that you must create your own original voice for your selected character (avoid sounding like existing voices) AND your voice must sound like a young kiddy character.
Here are links to sound clips of the characters - Spike, Rainbow Dash and Snips.

And if you Finalists needed even more incentive to give it your all, how about this? Some of you may have missed the announcement a couple weeks back, but all 8 Finalists who make it to Round 3 will each receive a copy of Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt'sVoice Over Voice Actor book AND The Warm-Up CD, all kindly donated by Yuri and Tara themselves. And to top it off, the voice acting couple will also be Special Guest Judges for Round 3.

Hop onto that voice acting pony. You're in for a wiiiiiild ride!

4 Finalists with the most votes will move onto Round 3.3 Finalists from the remaining group will be selected by the Judges' to move on.1 Finalist will be selected by our Special Guest Judge to move on.3 Finalists will be eliminated.

Click on a character image to display their description and lines that you will voice act and record.

Spike

Line 1:
"Dear Princess Celestia, this is Spike, writing to you about my adventures. This week I've learned that being jealous and telling lies gets you nowhere in friendship. I also learned that there's plenty of love for every friend to share. (Gradually falling asleep) So from here on out, I promise, that I, Spike, will... *snore*"

(Hides in a cave, not knowing it's the home of a big Green dragon, who is not happy)Line 2:
"We're like brothers, you know? I mean, you're a dragon, I'm a dragon... It's us against the world, right? (Green dragon roars) You don't scare me! So you're big. Reeeally big. And your claws are super sharp. Tail... extra spiky. But, uh... You don't scare me! (Green dragon blows flames) Uh... I'd love to stay, but gotta go! See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!"

(Is forced to confess some of his secrets)Line 3:
"Confess? *hesitant* I'm the one who poured juice all over Twilight's copy of "Magical Mysteries and Practical Potions"! And I was the one who used up all the hot water in Ponyville taking a seven hour bubble bath! And sometimes ... when no one's around ... I do this! (drags over a mirror, starts flexing his muscles) Lookin' good Spike! Lookin' real good!"

Line 4: (Choice)
"Count me out. I've gotta get an early start! Yes! I'm going on a quest of self-discovery! I'm going to learn what it means to be a dragon! And the only way I'm gonna do that is to join the Dragon Migration!"

Line 5: (Choice)
"Man, first I get a bunch of great presents from my best friends, and now an amazing sapphire cupcake! Hohoh, what a day! Pinkie Pie told me I should come see the Cakes, so they could give me a cake 'cause it's my birthday today. I wish every day was my birthday!"

Spike is a baby male dragon. He is Twilight's assistant and his main job is to magically send and receive letters to/from Princess Celestia. He's a fun-loving dragon who can on ocassion be sarcastic and sometimes has a laugh from the misfortunes of others. Spike is generally confident, considers himself smart and athletic, and often defends his masculinity. But he doesn't come across as arrogant. And he genuinely cares for the well-being of his friends.

Snips

(Snips and his friend Snails lure a bear-like creature called an ursa to Trixie the magician. Trixie told them that she once defeated an ursa and now they want to see her do it again)Line 1:
"Great and Powerful Trixie, you've got to vanquish the ursa. It took a lot of trouble to get that thing here. Remember? You defeated an Ursa Major. (Trixie uses some magic but fails) Aw, come on, Trixie. Stop goofin' around and vanquish it? Come on! Where's all the cool explosions and smoke and stuff like earlier? You know?!"

(At the official Rainbow Dash fan club, a fan motions that Rainbow Dash be declared the most awesome pony in town)Line 2:
"I second the motion, and might I add that if you looked up the word 'awesome' in the dictionary, there would be a picture of Rainbow Dash. Actually, I think the word 'awesome' is played out. Rainbow Dash deserves better! I motion that we declare her the most stupendous pony! No... astonishing!! No... astounding!!!"

(Snips and Snails have bubblegum stuck to each others rear ends)Line 3:
"Oh! Get it off me, Snails! (Snails causes pain by stretching the gum) Aah! Stop it! You're making it worse! (now gum is stuck in more places) Oh, great. *grunt in frustration* Aah! Get it off! Get it off!! *pause* (later their situation appears in the local newspaper) Our mothers always told us we'd end up in the papers someday. And look! We finally got the gum out!"

(Performs a magic show act with Snails)Line 4: (Choice)
"And on the count of three this rabbit will disappear and something tasty will reappear in its place. A one, a two and a three! Hey! Where are they? Snails, where are the... carrots. SNAILS!"

Line 5: (Choice)
"Haven't you heard? There's a new unicorn in town. They say, she's got more magical powers than any other unicron ever! Trixie truly IS the most talented, most magical, most awesome unicorn in Ponyville. No, in all of Equestria!"

Snips is young and goofy pony, who is easily excitable. He is mostly seen hanging out with his "partner-in-crime" Snails, and both up get to fun and mischievious antics. When a new magician pony comes into town, they both become obsessively fascinated with her skills and stories.

Spike

Line 1:
"Dear Princess Celestia, this is Spike, writing to you about my adventures. This week I've learned that being jealous and telling lies gets you nowhere in friendship. I also learned that there's plenty of love for every friend to share. (Gradually falling asleep) So from here on out, I promise, that I, Spike, will... *snore*"

(Hides in a cave, not knowing it's the home of a big Green dragon, who is not happy)Line 2:
"We're like brothers, you know? I mean, you're a dragon, I'm a dragon... It's us against the world, right? (Green dragon roars) You don't scare me! So you're big. Reeeally big. And your claws are super sharp. Tail... extra spiky. But, uh... You don't scare me! (Green dragon blows flames) Uh... I'd love to stay, but gotta go! See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!"

(Is forced to confess some of his secrets)Line 3:
"Confess? *hesitant* I'm the one who poured juice all over Twilight's copy of "Magical Mysteries and Practical Potions"! And I was the one who used up all the hot water in Ponyville taking a seven hour bubble bath! And sometimes ... when no one's around ... I do this! (drags over a mirror, starts flexing his muscles) Lookin' good Spike! Lookin' real good!"

Line 4: (Choice)
"Count me out. I've gotta get an early start! Yes! I'm going on a quest of self-discovery! I'm going to learn what it means to be a dragon! And the only way I'm gonna do that is to join the Dragon Migration!"

Line 5: (Choice)
"Man, first I get a bunch of great presents from my best friends, and now an amazing sapphire cupcake! Hohoh, what a day! Pinkie Pie told me I should come see the Cakes, so they could give me a cake 'cause it's my birthday today. I wish every day was my birthday!"

Spike is a baby male dragon. He is Twilight's assistant and his main job is to magically send and receive letters to/from Princess Celestia. He's a fun-loving dragon who can on ocassion be sarcastic and sometimes has a laugh from the misfortunes of others. Spike is generally confident, considers himself smart and athletic, and often defends his masculinity. But he doesn't come across as arrogant. And he genuinely cares for the well-being of his friends.

Rainbow Dash

(Retells a story of her recent heroics)Line 1:
"I arrived and said "Never fear, your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash is here!" And then, I zoomed into the well. I knew it would be dark and dangerous, but I didn't let that stop me. Danger's my middle name. Rainbow "Danger" Dash. Thinking back on it, I acted pretty awesomely heroic that day. "

(Needs help from Fluttershy to help break a flying record, but Fluttershy recalls a bad experience)Line 3:
"What are you talking about? Just last week, you went into that wicked nosedive to save a falling baby bird right before it hit the ground. Suck it up, Fluttershy! This is no time for- I mean, confidence or no confidence, I'm going to need every pegasus to practice in order to break the record, including you. I'm gonna need all the wingpower I can get."

Line 4: (Choice)
"Fine! Laugh all you want, but I'll be the one laughing when I prove to you all that I'm just as good- no, that I'm a *better* hero than Mare Do Well! Argh, there are absolutely no freak natural disasters going on anywhere! How am I supposed to prove myself when everything's so normal and safe?"

Line 5: (Choice)
"So, anyway, you're all outstanding competitors, but there can only be one of you who's number one. So the final, tie-breaking contest is going to be... pause for dramatic effect... a race against me! Through Ghastly Gorge! Dun dun dun!"

Rainbow Dash is a pegasus (winged and can fly) pony. She is brave and bold, and very proud. Her overconfidence in herself and thinking she's the best display an obvious arrogance at times. Rainbow Dash is highly competitive, particularly in athletic events and does not react well to losing. She is rather blunt and doesn't hide her feelings when she is annoyed at others behaviour which sometimes makes her insensitive.

Voting has ended.THE RESULTS ARE IN!

MOM0KI

MOM0KI

The strong lower toned voice sold on the attitude and overconfidence right away. Acting was superb. You hit so many different emotions right on the nail. And great choices on emphasized words. Only nitpick was she came across as mildy angry/peeved.

Momoki, I think you completely redeemed yourself from last round!! You listened to the feedback, fixed the audio problems and Aced it this round! My #1 Rainbow Dash voice and THIRD overall finalist this round!

TomStheVoice

TomStheVoice

I enjoyed the slightly rough and broken (like going through puberty) voice, though the tone made him a little older than I was hoping. Loved all the sound effects, esp the *gulp*! Nice touches that just enhanced the performance.

Loved how you added some ad-lib sound effects, like grunts or yawns. The voice was appropriately youthful, like Fox said it was similar to a young teenager. One improvement would be to shorten the pauses between sentences so they flow more naturally.

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LordCrehavos

LordCrehavos

Loved the voice. Perfectly fit the small and fun-loving Snips. While the overall acting was solid, I just felt the excitement and enthusiasm was kind of held back. Lacked some oompth to really liven up his character.

Even though we only had two Snips performances I think you both nailed it. I had you second amongst all finalists for this round and could definitely see this fitting into a real cartoon for a character just like this! Great job man!

pickle131

pickle131

A great cute yet sassy and attitude filled voice. Acting was good but watch the pacing. Many sentences seemed to run on and not flow with changes in pace or pauses. And I felt there were sometimes too many emphasis' on words, esp in Line 1.

mizura

mizura

Young and cute sounding, but her voice (not acting) almost sounded a little shaky, which took away from her confident personality. However, the acting in Line 4 was delivered with enough strength to sell me on the character.

Your acting was good, but sadly the voice sounded a little unnatural. Fox used the word “shaky” and I think that’s a good way to put it. It didn't sound quite confident enough either. Though as I said, you certainly passed in the acting department.

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Mrbipolar

Mrbipolar

The "buzzy bee" sounding voice was a great choice for a "baby dragon". The youngest sounding voice of the all the Spike's. Well accompanied by a character fitting acting performance. Favorite part: "lookin' real(high inflection) good".

You delivered every line with youth and vigor, and you really exceeded at line 2, putting on a hard exterior but really being scared. The voice sounded childish and even dragon-like, what with the raspiness. Nice job there!

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Seymour

Seymour

I really liked the tone and sound of the voice, but just wished it sounded younger. Overall here, your acting wasn't as strong as previous performances. Lines 1 and 4 felt a little rushed. Though Line 3 did stand out quite well for me.

A pretty decent performance as a whole. The lines were delivered well enough, the voice was decent by itself, though it could’ve been more kid-like. One thing I liked was the “yawn-while-talking” effect in line 1.

Bree

Bree

Very fitting lower toned boy-ish voice. Great fear and hesitation in Line 2's delivery. Overall your performance really sold me on Spike's character. You distinguished Lines 2-4 really well. The pacing for the first half of Line 1 was oddly slow though.

The voice was fittingly boyish and sounded like it could be in the show. You also had the kid-like energy necessary for the part. Great job with line 2’s fright and the direction on line 3 (deep breath, saying the rest extremely fast).

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SteveP

SteveP

A very young and fitting voice for Spike. Line 3 was my favorite. Solid acting overall but many lines felt just a tad rushed. Gradual increased fear, followed up by a great change-up in voice and confidence for the "lookin' good Spike" part.

RitsukaFlame

RitsukaFlame

A strong, low and slightly raspy voice. And while this fits Rainbow Dash really well, this could have worked for Spike as well. A fantastic and spot on acting performance as well. You sold me on all her character traits.

"At this point that's all I have at the moment I found steve to be the best voice liked him all round. I don't know what else to say it's all subjective to the listener so I am giving you my impressions. As far as a critique goes. It's hard to pick one or the other and pick a winner I thought ll th voices were gret but steve really stood out for me. There you go sorry for te lateness but work comes first. Hope that gives you something"

@Foxwolf I hate to seem starstruck but I can't help it! He has always been one of my favorite voice over artists and it's such an honor to hear that I was his pick. I applaud you guys for putting this contest up.

@Seymour Don't be discouraged. You're a great voice actor and deserving of your spot. I enjoyed all you did and I've listened to your things on YouTube and definitely keep it up. Also, if there's any projects on VAA, lemme know! I'd love to possibly voice along side you and I...need to get out in the open on that site anyway. =P

@LordCrehavos say WHAAAAAAATTTTT?! Well thats just PRIME! See its funny because he.. uh.. he played.... optimus........prime............ heh heh.... Seriously though, congrats on making it so far and having the privalege of being critiqued by professionals!

@MegaMac OptimusSolo said back on the 4th I believe that Garry Chalk was gonna special guest judge :) Like you can find it if you do control + f and type in Garry Chalk and click next a few times X3 Hope that helps :)

I'm sorry but why are the judges posting their favorites in the comments section? That information should be private, and only in private feedback. It takes all the professionalism out of the competition if the other VAs already know who the judges' favorites are.

@Michelle Deco It absolutely does not take any of the professionalism out of the competition. Each judge's favorites do not in any way translate to who gets passed on as the judges picks. No offense here, but you shouldn't comment on a system when you know nothing about how it works :)

@OptimusSolo Saying "no offense" before a passive-aggressive statement hardly diminishes the offense implied. I don't think Michelle in anyway was trying to be mean and or pretentious; she made a statement based on the format you as both the Admins and judges created. AYVO is a "professional" competition for both amateur and semi-pro VAs alike, as such the judges are expected to maintain a certain level of "professionalism" saying to a participant "You shouldn't comment on a system..." and then adding a smiley face at the end emits confusing and somewhat contradictory vibes. As judges you've proved time and time again that you wish to create a hospitable yet appropriate relationship with the contestants, this "created' relationship hinges on maintaining a balance between professionalism and relatability. I never gleaned an accusatory note from Michelle's post; it seemed to me she was confused as to the conflicting nature of posting favorites and how it translates to other finalists as well as competitors. As an Admin and judge one would expect you to explain how things occur in a pleasant/positive tone, she's asking a question because she wants to understand how things work or at least inquire as to why something comes across in a negative light; turning her away from said questions about a system she "knows nothing about" taints the atmosphere you as judges and Admins aim to maintain.

@OptimusSolo That's funny, the award called 'Judge's pick' has absolutely nothing to do with who the judges pick as their favorites?! I think we all understand that the 'Judge's pick' is made of a combination of all the judges' favorites is it not? If i've got this wrong, then perhaps you should enlighten us all on exactly how the judging system works. And before you say you judge 'objectively' on VAing criteria which may differ to what your individual favorites are, I'm gonna stop you right there because there is no such thing as 'objective' judging.

I meant no offense or negativity in my response. Perhaps posting after 12 hours of work and less then 4 hours of sleep made it come across that way but that was definitely not my intention. My point was simply that there is much more that goes into it and that you should not assume that our favorites give away any information that would make this 'unprofessional'

@TwoDoorCafeClub

No, no one is saying their is 'objective' judging going on. I guess the main point here for everyone who has commented here is that you should realize that perhaps I picked someone as the best "Character A" but that doesnt mean they were necessarily in my Top 3 picks overall...they could have been my 10th pick overall. Or, they could have been my 5th pick overall but another judges 11th and another judges 9th. Plus, there are the 'People's Choice' picks and the 'Special Judges' picks and how that factors into the whole system etc.

My point was simply this, just because someone is picked as a Judge's favorite for a certain character does not necessarily mean they are a top pick overall, in fact it doesnt even mean that they for sure will be safe from elimination.

If anyone has followed my comments since the beginning of Season 2 (and in general across the whole site), it is my personal goal to ensure that BTVA remain a positive community where we all equally respect one another. I apologize if we ever come across as otherwise and I assure you that is never our intent. I love how BTVA's voice acting community has grown and supported each other throughout the contest and I hope this is just the start of a bigger and better community :)

As for the voting, it has been slightly adjusted due to our new Special Guest Judges so our "vote ranking system" will need to be updated. But here's how it's ranked.

1. Special Guest Judge - the guest judge picks one finalist out of ALL performances for the round to move on.

2. Peoples Choice - the top X (X is the number depending on the round) finalists with the most votes (minus the finalist from 1.) will move on.

3. Judges Picks - the Judges discuss and decide on who moves on from the remaining finalists (minus 1. and 2.) - basically those with the lowest votes.

This round came out better than I expected! Although I do have one thing to say regarding MrBipolar's performance(s). It sounds like you are applying a heavy noise filter to your lines which greatly reduces their integrity. Is your recording environment that loud? For the next round, I would recommend tinkering with the sensitivity to give your lines a better, clearer quality. Otherwise though, they sound fine!

Ooohh, quick judge's comments this time! Thanks for critiques. I think I was too busy focusing on the "sounding like a kid" part that I kind of fell off of the table this time, erk. I will be defeated by poniesssss, noooo. xD (actually I'm not all that surprised. this round was definitely not one in my favor, though I think that's the same for a lot of the others and they did well, so shame on me really!)

Enjoyed everyone else's performances though, and as most everyone pointed out, Tuxedotaargus totally stole the show for moi too. Great job!

Thank you guys for the feedback! I appreciate it, especially the critiquing that gives me something to work with c: Will definitely work hard and pay more attention to pacing in the future. Especially appreciate the emphasis part, since I used to be told I didn't give enough so it's good to know where the line is XD Whoops. Will keep an eye out for that in the future as well. Thanks so much! No idea how this round is gonna turn out, but all of you guys are awesome and it's a pleasure to be in this with you all.

This is really fun! I'm looking forward to seeing how this all goes down! Judges, thank you for the positive feedback!~ I'm glad that I was able to give a better performance this round! It's so funny, I'm in a call with TomSTheVoice and RitsukaFlame, It would be cool to meet everyone else in the competition! =) Good luck everyone!

@LordCrehavos everyone else in the 12 (or sadly, 11 because of LM-G1) should share your Skype if you have one, so we can all be friends~ Right now we have RitsukaFlame, Me, LordCrehavos, TomS, Pickle and SteveP already.

Congrats to everyone! After listening to them I gave my vote to RitsukaFlame, definitely one of the best pony's I've ever heard :) I think she captured the spirit of the character/show best. Good luck to all though!

My feedback is in. Overall, I'll say this was a pretty strong round. There weren't any truly subpar performances in my mind. Again, if you need anything clarified or have further questions, don't be afraid to ask.

Ah, My Little Pony. A fandom I only got into after AYVO Season 1. Let's see what we've got here.

For Spike, it's a tough call, but I'm going with Seymour. I know that the character of Spike is younger than the voice he's given, but, as a baritone-bass, I greatly sympathize with those who have difficulty imitating little boys and still think that his original take is very believable and very well-acted.

For Snips, I'm definitely going with TuxedoTaargus. He gave us a voice that is extremely fitting to the character in his enthusiasm and all-around silliness. A highly admirable performance.

As for our friend Rainbow Dash, I've gotta go with RitsukaFlame. I know that the contest isn't to see who can do the best impression of a character, but she captured the spirit of Rainbow Dash perfectly in attitude, confidence, and even vocal quality. Very well done.

Who am I voting for? Haven't decided yet. But just know that I have a tendency to side with underdogs.

@Rev897 I hear you about the challenges of creating young sounding voices when you have a naturally low voice. The great thing about voice acting is that there's a wide world out there with room for all kinds of voices.

Sorry about this all guys, I wasn't able to make the deadline. There was just so much stuff going on during this past week that I got so caught up in other things that I missed out on my chance to turn mine in. There is always a next time though. :)

Best of luck to the remaining contestants! You guys are all awesome and I can't wait to see how this turns out!

@LM-G1 Ah, man! I was wondering where you were and then I scroll down and see this...bummer indeed. I was looking forward to your takes too! Though I understand completely how life can hinder other engagements. Don't feel discouraged or anything. You're great! Also meant to ask...what kind of mic do you use? With Dhalsim, has such a thick, biting sound to it. Me likes.

Ya know, even if my performance feels a bit underrated in energy for that particular pony, I'm still quite happy with it. I thought it fit the bill of cartoony and kiddish. Not like that's my specialty or expertise or anything, especially since characters I voice are typically more regal.

I can't wait to hear some more feedback from our judges, and especially from our Special Guest Judge. :)

@Pgirts Nah man, you misread me. I take all the criticism given to me very very seriously. I am happy with my performance for what it was, but I know it wasn't the best there can be. I just know now a voice type I have to work on and I'm happy for that.

This wasn't easy, but I felt that Momoki, Tuxedotaargus, and Mrbipolar gave the best performance towards their respective characters. From what I read, they had the right tone and amount of emotion for their personalities. My vote overall goes to Momoki, she had the strongest delivery, and amount of emotions. She felt natural from the start.

@MOM0KI Your welcome, you became one of my favorites from your voice dubs and demos alone. Then you showed us what you can do here. Regardless, I still can't pick my favorite out of everyone here. Everyone's doing so well.

The competition's getting pretty intense now. I'm sad to see LM-G1 unable to compete, but among the others, it's a pretty diverse selection of character voices. Everyone's definitely trying to prove themselves here.

Well, after listening to all the performances, I'd have to pick these as my favorites.

For Rainbow Dash: Mom0ki! Her Rainbow Dash felt the most natural fit for me to listen to. It had the kind of spunk and confident air I'd expect to hear from that kind of character.

For Snips: Tuxedotaargus! This was a tough call, as both Tuxedotaargus and LordCrehavos had pretty good voices for the character. But in the end, Tuxedotaargus had more energy in the voice, which translated well in the performances.

Finally, for Spike: Bree! Every Spike sounded good in their own unique way, but Bree stood out as being the only female in the group to do the character. Not only that, but she was able to convince me that it was a young boy saying those lines instead of a girl pretending to be a boy, and was consistent through it all. Delivery was good, vocals were astounding; it was just an overall terrific performance.

In the end, my vote goes to Bree for blowing me away with an incredible performance. Congratulations!

I'm really looking forward to the next round! It's sure to be just as intense as the last two were! Keep it up, everyone!!

@CatsTuxedo I agree It's a shame that LM-G1 didn't make it to this round I wanted to see his take as well. Especially because of his deep voiced characters previously.

Also, I appreciate your vote. I went with the best "kiddy" voice that I thought sounded kinda like a dragon. I am glad that it came through in my performance! @LordCrehavos If you just "threw out" that voice than I am doomed! lol great job man!

@Mrbipolar Haha well it is completely out of my general experience for voice over and I just brought my voice up to what I thought was a good pitch. I'm really crossing my fingers I can get to the next round and that it'll be something I'm actually really proficient in.

This was a tough round, especially for the girls with the given pool of characters. Good to see effort brought to the table and some amazing performances still coming through. While I'm going to sleep on it, I think my picks are:

For the girls', I have to go with MOM0KI this round for some solid acting and character portrayal. I feel like the vocal changes some people chose to take hurt their performances and didn't show their real top form (which is a shame, because I feel like it hid some good talent).

For the men, I was pleasantly surprised to see TuxedoTaargus pull off a very strong performance followed closely by LordCrehavos. I think their choices and takes showed some good thought and they pulled off the character quite nicely.

Best of luck to all contestants and looking forward to seeing more amazing stuff in the upcoming rounds.

PS: The voting seems to be busted for me.
PPS: Please give people two votes for two different people. I'd like to vote for a guy and girl.

@Foxwolf I think I'm having the same problem; usually when you vote for someone in these contests, the page refreshes and you see a message that says who you voted for and when. However, I'm trying to vote this time, but no such message appears upon refreshing no matter how many times I enter my vote.

I'm not sure if mine went through but I clicked Submit and it jusr deleted the mp3 text from the browse section. I hope that means it entered? This is my first contest so I hope I did well. (: Good luck everyone!

@JRose I don't see a submission from you. if it submits correctly you'll see a green success message.

btw, it may not be clear in our text, but because you didn't audition for season 2, you won't be eligible to go in the running to win a prize. however, we allow the whole BTVA community to submit performances for fun :)

): though i am a BTSer i feel really bad right now that i cant submit mine! For the entire week i have been sick and my voice got screwed up and...ugh! I went to the doctor and he said it's gonna take sometime until my voice recovers.... ): still, i wish good luck to everyone! Hope you guys have fun! ;)

If it wasn't obvious by now, I'm a very active brony, and I was thrilled when I saw that this is what the theme is for round 2! I can't believe it took me until Thursday to check the site for an update on this contest, but I'll try to get in something recorded before Saturday evening.

@LordCrehavos he was tied up with Anime Expo stuff last week and asked if it was okay to send it later. I told him some time this week would be good. if he hasn't sent it to us by the end of the week, I will send him a friendly reminder.

The way the MLP fandom act about this show, and the addictive nature it displays to some, makes me wonder if it was created by this guy in order to acquire more brains to devour,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOMHGiu4y-4

My suggestion for the next round is maybe choose some sort of theme that the guest judges won't be biased with, like maybe don't pick a series they've personally been in like what you guys did with Kyle. That'd give them more room to judge openly rather than look back to their own performances on the show or game. Just my two cents.

@Foxwolf Good to hear, I was worried we'd have another Street Fighter sort of thing, and oh really? I thought you decided upon them in between each round. That's interesting news hehe. Well can't wait to see what that round entails, because goodness...I was not prepared for Ponies. :I

@LordCrehavos Yea all 5 Round Themes are decided before we ever hold Auditions :) - Heck, we are even starting to decide Season 3 round themes at this point. And although I can see what you are saying with the Guest Judge affiliation, I do think it actually makes more sense to have guest judges who are familiar with the theme but to each their own I suppose.

Seems the character descriptions aren't working. Any chance they could be fixed? c: If I'm to create my own voice, it would help a lot to have good descriptions instead of referencing the originals so I don't end up copying what they did.

while I'm a MLP fan (I just was MC all of Bronycon this weekend) and I'm a known fan voice in the fandom, I don't think I find this challenge to be one that will work out, to be honest. The fandom is really particular about fan voices and they will support only those who they think really impersonate the true voice the best, and because of that I think that no matter what the voting in this particular round will not be fair because you're asking contestants to make a NEW voice while many voters will want to vote for the best impersonater. I'd really like to see this contest be 5 judge picks, 3 'popular' picks because of that, since the judges will be looking for for these created voices. This is, of course though, just my two cents. In the mean time, I need to decide if I want to try Spike or Dash! (THANK YOU FOR NO PINKIE PIE, BY THE WAY!)

@Bree thanks for sharing your concern. this is exactly why we're asking for new voices. to make it a level playing field as best as possible. if we allowed impersonators, then as you said, those would likely get all the votes from the MLP fandom.

for more peace of mind, given our emphasis on "creating a new original voice", we'll ask that performances that sound like previous voice actors be re-recorded.

so fandom voters will have to put aside their desire to hear the best impersonation and vote for the best suitable voice and voice acting performance, something we hope people are doing anyway :)

@Foxwolf I'm not talking about things like grunts, neighing, chewing etc - Not sure you are understanding my point lol - I am more talking about just the way the voice sounds and the creation of the voice. I am in no way talking about adding sound effects!

@OptimusSolo actually by 'neighing' and 'chewing' I didn't mean sound effects but more adding those horse-like mannerisms into the characters speech patterns.
eg. voice a line whilst chewing, or adding exhaling and flapping cheek effects during some words or after a line or two (Boss Nass from SW: Episode 1 is one example I can think)

And sent. Man, my Cathy Weseluck impression does NOT sound as good on recording as I think it does while I'm doing it. Although a non-pre-existing voice was called for and I guess that's what came out of me, even if it was unintended :/

Let me tell you, this phenomenon of your recorded voice not sounding like you think it does while you're performing is infinitely frustrating.

@Der Grapist oh, don't get me wrong, i LOVED Ren and Stimpy! While I love and totally appreciate the unique style of animation/designs (esp for a kids show on Nick) I just think there's some poor kids out there that got disturbed by some of the images :P

Oh lawdy, My Little Pony. Not exactly what I thought when I read some hints on the other page about being more "Lighthearted". I thought it'd be Looney Tunes or something lol. Well, at least this round will be interesting. Not really sure how a couple of the MLP characters sound, so my voting will be purely based on if the voice fits the character, whether they sound similar to the original or not. Good luck, you guys!

@MegaMac Looney Tunes? Interesting guess. Anyway, we're not trying to see who can do the best imitation, but rather who can come up with their own original take. So your method of voting this round is pretty much the way it is for us.

@NCZ Of course, but I meant how the characters sound in general, not how their voices sound in which to imitate. Only one I know is Rainbow Dash...because I...watched the show a couple of times lol...it's alright. Better than most shows on the tele nowadays, I guess.

@Foxwolf Keyword - should!
Was just a tad worried that some people might be a little biased after hearing how the original actors are for the charas :D But knowing it's not based off imitations I feel a ton better!

@Foxwolf I wasn't speaking about this round. I like the idea that it has to be an original voice for this round. I was just referring to what I felt was a negative connotation that you attached to the immensely difficult art of mimicking within the world of Voice Acting :)

@Foxwolf I wouldn't say Spike has to sound like a little 'boy' - Making him sound like a young dragon is equally acceptable as are making the others sound like young ponies. I really don't want any of them sounding completely human ;)

@OptimusSolo when I said "boy" I meant sound as young as possible and not like say a teenager. I understand these aren't human characters :P but when you say sound like a "young dragon", how do you mean exactly? with growls and gruffs in the speech patterns? to me, the show could replace all the creatures with humans and for the most part it would translate pretty well :P

@Foxwolf You clearly haven't listened to Charlie Adler's version of Spike have you? ;) - I absolutely do not mean gruffs and growls but there are things you can do with your voice that make them sound more like a creature then a human. There are many youthful voices out there for animals or creatures that you in no way have ever heard an actual human sound like in real life. Would you like a list of examples ;) ;)